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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor of colorful sailboats with yellow and orange sails beside a stone quay, with figures and a white parasol.

Along a Canal

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a multi-arched stone bridge over a wooded ravine with ornate lampposts and trees.

A Bridge, Design for Washington Board of Trade Dinner, May 13, 1908

James Henry Moser, 1900

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a lake at Blenheim, with deer on the bank and a mansion in the distance.

West View of Bridge at Blenheim, Oxfordshire

F.S.A John Buckler, 1820

Pencil and white chalk sketch on tan paper showing figures on a bridge, including leaning men and women in bonnets.

Silhouettes on the Bridge

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a Baltimore skyline with rooftops and spires, grid panels and handwritten colour notes, 1920.

Baltimore Skyline

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Pencil sketch of a Venice waterfront with a gondola, masts, a bell tower, a domed church and strolling figures.

View of Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of Popayan street buildings, distant hills and clouds, with handwritten colour notes in the margins.

Street Scene in Popayan, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped figure reading, putti on steps, and a woman with a basket beside classical architectur

Urban Scene with Draped Figure, Putti, and Woman Carrying Basket

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Brown ink landscape drawing of figures crossing a wooden bridge over a stream, with trees, a distant house, and clouds.

Landscape with Bridge

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with an arched bridge, large boulders, and a tree, with handwritten color notes.

Monte Rosa and a Bridge near Pontegrande, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Etching of a calm Amsterdam harbor with sailboats, rowboats, and spired buildings along the waterfront under a dusky sky.

View of Amsterdam

Léopold Flameng, 1860

Wood engraving of women and children at St. Barnabas House, New York, with a doorway panel reading Peace be to this House.

New York Charities - St. Barnabas House, 304 Mulberry Street

Bross, 1870

Graphite sketch of a stone arch bridge with wooden railings over a brook, flanked by rocks and trees on tan paper.

Bridge Over a Brook

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Etching of figures on a stone arch bridge beside large trees, with a rowboat in the river and a dog on the bank.

Figures on a Stone Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Print of a fortified city under siege, with armies in combat, cannon smoke, and a wide rural landscape.

Siege of a City (Part 1)

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Pencil sketch of a fountain jet beside colonnade columns and trees in St. Peter's Square, with handwritten color notes.

Bernini's Fountain in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Engraved panoramic view of a riverside town with houses, steep hills, mountains, trees and small figures in the foreground.

Panoramic View of the City of Ems, Germany

Johann Hürlimann, 1830

Etching of a forest path with tall trees, a wooden footbridge over a pond, and a distant church tower under an open sky.

Entrance Into a Forest by a Little Wooden Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Pencil sketch of church spires and rooftops above trees on pale paper, with light blue wash and a handwritten note in the low

City of London, United Kingdom, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Engraved street perspective with ornate buildings, a tower, and a standing armored figure in an arched doorway at right.

Angled View of a Street with Standing Halberdier in Arched Opening at Right

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Pencil sketch of a New York skyline with rooftops in the foreground and several tall towers rising in the background.

New York Skyline - Light Buildings

Childe Hassam, 1910

Pencil sketch of a distant London skyline with spires and domes above trees, with handwritten color notes below.

City of London, United Kingdom, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Engraved perspective of a long colonnaded hall with coffered ceiling and sculpted figures, printed on paper.

View of a City Plaza with a Rectangular Fountain at Center, and a Domed Round Building at Right

Jan van Doetechum the Elder, 1560

Dark brown etching of the Brooklyn Bridge towers and lit roadway at night, with a small boat on the water.

Brooklyn Bridge at Night

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Pencil sketch of a bamboo bridge over a stream with a standing figure, plus a small figure carrying a jar, on brown paper.

Bamboo Bridge at Buga, Colombia and Girl Carrying a Jar, Cartago, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Black and white lithograph of a New York skyline with several tall towers above low buildings, under scribbled clouds.

New York Skyline - Dark Buildings

Childe Hassam, 1910

Etching of an arched stone bridge over a river gorge, with a hilltop town and cathedral towers beneath cloudy skies.

St. Martin's Bridge, Toledo

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Pencil sketch of a riverside landscape with trees, rocks and rushing water, with white highlights and faint handwriting at up

Below the Bridge, Niagara River, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Engraved print of New York City Hall with an American flag, a domed cupola, a horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians on the str

City Hall, New York

J. Archer, 1820

Engraved street view of townhouses along a canal with a crane at left, pedestrians and a horse rider in the street.

Peep-show, View Near the Park, Toward the Bridge of Leyden in The Hague

Georg Balthasar Probst, 1800